EP2920543B1 - Vacuum powered bullet holder system for ballistic analysis - Google Patents

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EP2920543B1
EP2920543B1 EP12816340.9A EP12816340A EP2920543B1 EP 2920543 B1 EP2920543 B1 EP 2920543B1 EP 12816340 A EP12816340 A EP 12816340A EP 2920543 B1 EP2920543 B1 EP 2920543B1
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Orhan SENGUL
Levent Burak YALCINER
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
    • F42B35/00—Testing or checking of ammunition
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/74—Feeding, transfer, or discharging devices of particular kinds or types
    • B65G47/90—Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials
    • B65G47/91—Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials incorporating pneumatic, e.g. suction, grippers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
    • B25J15/00—Gripping heads and other end effectors
    • B25J15/06—Gripping heads and other end effectors with vacuum or magnetic holding means
    • B25J15/0616—Gripping heads and other end effectors with vacuum or magnetic holding means with vacuum
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66C—CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES
    • B66C1/00—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles
    • B66C1/02—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles by suction means
    • B66C1/0212—Circular shape

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  • This invention relates to a vacuum powered bullet holder system to be used in ballistics analysis of marks on fired bullet.
  • a bullet holder system having the features of claim 1 is provided.
  • the invention in the purpose of appropriate anaysis of ballistic marks on fired bullet without preventing the view of marks, achieves holding process providing that the bullet does not drop during analysis, and preventing unwanted moving of bullet which could obstruct appropriate analysis. During hold operation, the view of ballistic marks on fired bullet are not blocked.
  • the invention provides holding operation for fired bullets having various calibres using one system having air vacuum power support. Besides, it is able to hold most of the slightly deformed fired bullets.
  • roll and pitch motion can be achieved on fired bullet during analysis.
  • Figure 2 is the bullet.
  • the invention holds the bullet from the conical front end (201), keeps the bullet still via the air vacuum force supplied to the bullet holder system and lets quick and easy visualization of the ballistic marks (202).
  • the invention is a bullet holder system, which lets the bullet to be rolled while it is held from the conical front end and kept still via the air vacuum force.
  • Air vacuum power is generated by an external source.
  • a semi-flexible pneumatic hose which is flexible enough to ease the assembly and hard enough to prevent the bending, is transferring the air vacuum force from the external source to the bullet holder system.
  • the hose is connected to the pneumatic hose connection (fitting) (104) on the bullet holder system.
  • the fitting and the vacuum bushing (108) connection are hermetically sealed.
  • vacuum bushing (108) contains first sealing item and second sealing item (105,106).
  • the holder head (101) is placed into the vacuum bushing (108) and it is held by the first sealing item and second sealing item (105,106) in its position.
  • Flexible rubber hermetical elements prevent the decrease in vacuum power while the holder head (101) is rolling.
  • Semi soft material which is similar to silicon material, is moulded (102) and placed into the holder head (101).
  • a silicon based material as well as any soft solid chemical can be used in the system.
  • the vacuum hole (103) in the vacuum bushing (108) lets the air vacuum power to be transferred up to the semi soft mould (102) placed into the holder head.
  • Bullet's conical front part (201) is placed into conical shaped semi soft mould (102) of the holder head (101) and kept still via the air vacuum power.
  • This invention provides a bullet holder system fort he analysis of ballistic marks on the fired bullet. It can be used as a bullet holder system at data acquisition stage necessary for an autonomous computer supported analyse system for fired bullets. Besides, suitable structured samples, to be analysed under sensor of any optical or digital imaging, may be hold and rolled by bullet holder system, so the sample may be analysed or images may be taken from quite a few points.

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    TECHNICAL FIELD
  • It is a major problem encountered in criminology studies, to match the fired bullet with the firearm. Firearms leave specific marks on the bullet they fire. Experts can determine whether the fired bullet and the firearm match or not, by analysing these marks. Because of this , one of the works being featured in the solution of this problem is to hold the bullet appropritate to analyse the marks correctly by the help of a holder system without preventing the vision of such marks. This invention relates to a vacuum powered bullet holder system to be used in ballistics analysis of marks on fired bullet.
    • STATE OF THE ART
  • Various ballistic marks on the cartridge and bullet fired from firearm are analysed and used in matching techniques. Analysis and matching of marks on fired bullets with eye or automatically by using digitized data, and as a result reaching correct information is the purpose. For this purpose, it is necessary to hold the bullet so that it does not drop down. There exists already developed bullet holder systems to help analysing marks on fired bullets correctly available.
  • In one of these systems (Fired cartridge examination method and imaging apparatus. Roman Baldur, Forensic Technologies, Publication number: WO 96/21137, 11 july 1996 .), the conical front end of the fired bullet is attached by using a sticky stuff to the stick of a pulley which exists in the horizontal plane. Rolling motion is achieved using the pulley to analyse the ballistic marks on fired bullet.
  • Another patent about cartidge holder system in the scope of ballistic analysis, ((Method and apparatus for obtaining a signature from a fired bullet. Roman Baldur, Forensic Technologies. 17 april 2001. Patent no: US 6219 437 B1 .) is about a different bullet holder system. Such system holds the fired bullet under the microscope or camera by squeezing. Bullet, from its conical front end (56), is placed into a mould with cavity and squeezed by a spring stick from the cylindrical back end. Roll motion is done by a pulley system placed behind the mould with in placed the fired bullet.
  • In another patent about 3D bullet and cartridge analysis (3D bullet and cartridge case analysis. Eric Nadeau ,Myriam Pages et al. Forensic Technologies. 16 february 2006, Patent no: WO 2006/015475 A1 ), the bullet is attached to a mould from its conical front end (12) using a sticky stuff. The mould has a structure placed on a motor shaft and the roll motion is achieved by this motor. The bullet is held to the mould by using a sticky stuff from its conical front end.
  • Generally in these patents, it is protected rolling and holding the bullet by using a sticky stuff from its conical front end or by squeezing from two ends, by aligning vertically to optical axis. In the state of the art, it is also observed that sticky stuff is used to hold the fired bullet. A bullet holder system using air vacuum power to achieve the holding operation is not met in the state of the art.
    • TECHNICAL PROBLEMS THAT THE INVENTION AIMS TO SOLVE
  • According to the invention, a bullet holder system having the features of claim 1 is provided. The invention, in the purpose of appropriate anaysis of ballistic marks on fired bullet without preventing the view of marks, achieves holding process providing that the bullet does not drop during analysis, and preventing unwanted moving of bullet which could obstruct appropriate analysis. During hold operation, the view of ballistic marks on fired bullet are not blocked. The invention provides holding operation for fired bullets having various calibres using one system having air vacuum power support. Besides, it is able to hold most of the slightly deformed fired bullets. Optionally, with the help of integrated roll and pitch motors to the system, roll and pitch motion can be achieved on fired bullet during analysis.
    • BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
  • The system designed to conduct the work by using the subject method of this invention and other illustrative figures are illustrated in the annex, and among these illustrations;
    • Figure 1 is the details of bullet holder system.
  • Parts in the figure are each given a number and the legend that corresponds to each number is as follows: [Table 1]
    101 Holder head
    102 Semi-soft mould
    103 Vacuum hole
    104 Pneumatic hose connection (fitting)
    105 First sealing item
    106 Second sealing item
    107 Roll motor housing
    108 Vacuum bushing
    109 Gap for shaft of roll motor
  • Figure 2 is the bullet.
  • Parts in the figure are each given a number and the legend that corresponds to each number is as follows: [Table 2]
    201 Conical front end
    202 Representative ballistic marks
    203 Roll motion direction
    204 Optical axis
    205 Horizontal axis of bullet
    • DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
  • The invention holds the bullet from the conical front end (201), keeps the bullet still via the air vacuum force supplied to the bullet holder system and lets quick and easy visualization of the ballistic marks (202).
  • The invention is a bullet holder system, which lets the bullet to be rolled while it is held from the conical front end and kept still via the air vacuum force.
  • The cross section of the bullet holder system which transfers the vacuum force to the bullet is shown in Figure 1. The bullet holder system comprising; holder head (101) containing semi soft mould (102), first sealing item and second sealing item (105,106), pneumatic hose connection (104) and the body containing the vacuum hole (103).
  • In Figure 2, a non-deformed bullet is shown. The bullet consists of a conical front end (201) and a cylindrical rear part containing representative ballistic marks (202).
  • Air vacuum power is generated by an external source. A semi-flexible pneumatic hose, which is flexible enough to ease the assembly and hard enough to prevent the bending, is transferring the air vacuum force from the external source to the bullet holder system. The hose is connected to the pneumatic hose connection (fitting) (104) on the bullet holder system. The fitting and the vacuum bushing (108) connection are hermetically sealed. To minimize the air infiltration during the roll movements, vacuum bushing (108) contains first sealing item and second sealing item (105,106). The holder head (101) is placed into the vacuum bushing (108) and it is held by the first sealing item and second sealing item (105,106) in its position. Flexible rubber hermetical elements prevent the decrease in vacuum power while the holder head (101) is rolling. Semi soft material, which is similar to silicon material, is moulded (102) and placed into the holder head (101). A silicon based material as well as any soft solid chemical can be used in the system. The vacuum hole (103) in the vacuum bushing (108) lets the air vacuum power to be transferred up to the semi soft mould (102) placed into the holder head. Bullet's conical front part (201) is placed into conical shaped semi soft mould (102) of the holder head (101) and kept still via the air vacuum power.
  • This lets the holding of the non-deformed or slightly deformed bullets. If there exists significant amount of deformation, a special mastic, which lets hermetical seal, is applied to the conical front part (201) of the bullet to be able to hold it.
    • DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION OF THE INVENTION
  • This invention provides a bullet holder system fort he analysis of ballistic marks on the fired bullet. It can be used as a bullet holder system at data acquisition stage necessary for an autonomous computer supported analyse system for fired bullets. Besides, suitable structured samples, to be analysed under sensor of any optical or digital imaging, may be hold and rolled by bullet holder system, so the sample may be analysed or images may be taken from quite a few points.

Claims (3)

  1. A bullet holder system for holding a fired bullet with vacuum power to be used in forensic investigations of ballistic marks on fired bullets characterized in that the bullet holder system comprises
    (a) a holder head (101) transferring the air vacuum power to the bullet, wherein the inner structure of the head has conic shaped shrinking geometry and coated with a semi soft mould (102),
    (b) a vacuum bushing (108) and vacuum hole (103) inside of this bushing,
    (c) a pneumatic hose connection (104),
    (d) sealing items (105, 106) in the form of flexible rubber hermetical elements which allow negligible amount of air leakage which does not affect the hold operation,
    (e) Roll motor housing (107) and gap for shaft of roll motor (109) assemblies.
  2. A bullet holder system according to claim 1 wherein, the bullet is held from its conical front end (201) via the vacuum force and without preventing the investigation of marks subject to ballistic investigation.
  3. A bullet holder system according to claim 1 wherein, the bullet holder system holds the bullet to be investigated with vacuum force while rolling the bullet 360 degree to ease the view of ballistic marks.
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